Mr. Garrett Blaney:

These are the things we must work through over time. There is a complexity in this regard that we will need to understand. As matters stand, there is no minimum pressure. While we will examine this, a standard in this area is not simple.

The Deputy also mentioned capacity, which is very important. Obviously, we wish to try to enhance the system's resilience in order that as we develop the system over time, the system will remain in place even when under duress, in the event of risks arising such as the big freeze in Northern Ireland that caused major havoc to the system there, a drought or a major infrastructural collapse. It will take some time to make sure that we build up resilience to such risks within the design in the future but these are all areas we will consider. From the point of view of the customers, they simply want to know that they have reliable water, which obviously is an extremely important part of how the commission will try to incentivise the company.